Sex research and the construction of sexuality: A tool of male supremacy?

Social Representations of Female Orgasm

“…Thus the ideal orgasm becomes entwined with penetrative sex. This chimes with previous research that argues for the existence of what Jackson (1984) calls the 'coital imperative'. According to Gavey, McPhillips and Braun (1999), beyond the sexual pleasure that women gain from vaginal intercourse, there is also a social representation of vaginal intercourse as the natural and normal way to have sex.…”

Social Representations of Female Orgasm

“…Thus the ideal orgasm becomes entwined with penetrative sex. This chimes with previous research that argues for the existence of what Jackson (1984) calls the 'coital imperative'. According to Gavey, McPhillips and Braun (1999), beyond the sexual pleasure that women gain from vaginal intercourse, there is also a social representation of vaginal intercourse as the natural and normal way to have sex.…”

‘Most of Us Guys are Raring to Go Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere’: Male and Female Sexuality in Cleo and Cosmo

“…Rather, female sexuality was (implicitly) constructed as 'catching up' to (an ever present and pre-existent) male sexuality, which ostensibly constitutes 'real' sexuality. This construction reinforces the notion that sex and sexuality remain, to some extent, largely men's domains (Jackson, 1984). In various ways, then, the magazines ultimately worked to reinforce traditional gendered roles: men as sexual; women as relational.…”

Looking back and looking forward: Men and masculinity in psychological research on violence against women.

“…We might challenge, for example, the notion that men’s bodies are or should be bigger and stronger than women’s. Similarly, Butler’s work gives space for remapping how bodies can relate outside of the heterosexual imperative, including nonviolently and diversely (e.g., beyond a coital imperative; M. Jackson, 1984).…”

Social Representations of Female Orgasm

“…Thus the ideal orgasm becomes entwined with penetrative sex. This chimes with previous research that argues for the existence of what Jackson (1984) calls the 'coital imperative'. According to Gavey, McPhillips and Braun (1999), beyond the sexual pleasure that women gain from vaginal intercourse, there is also a social representation of vaginal intercourse as the natural and normal way to have sex.…”

‘Most of Us Guys are Raring to Go Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere’: Male and Female Sexuality in Cleo and Cosmo

“…Rather, female sexuality was (implicitly) constructed as 'catching up' to (an ever present and pre-existent) male sexuality, which ostensibly constitutes 'real' sexuality. This construction reinforces the notion that sex and sexuality remain, to some extent, largely men's domains (Jackson, 1984). In various ways, then, the magazines ultimately worked to reinforce traditional gendered roles: men as sexual; women as relational.…”

Looking back and looking forward: Men and masculinity in psychological research on violence against women.

“…We might challenge, for example, the notion that men’s bodies are or should be bigger and stronger than women’s. Similarly, Butler’s work gives space for remapping how bodies can relate outside of the heterosexual imperative, including nonviolently and diversely (e.g., beyond a coital imperative; M. Jackson, 1984).…”

Social Representations of Female Orgasm

“…Thus the ideal orgasm becomes entwined with penetrative sex. This chimes with previous research that argues for the existence of what Jackson (1984) calls the 'coital imperative'. According to Gavey, McPhillips and Braun (1999), beyond the sexual pleasure that women gain from vaginal intercourse, there is also a social representation of vaginal intercourse as the natural and normal way to have sex.…”

‘Most of Us Guys are Raring to Go Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere’: Male and Female Sexuality in Cleo and Cosmo

“…Rather, female sexuality was (implicitly) constructed as 'catching up' to (an ever present and pre-existent) male sexuality, which ostensibly constitutes 'real' sexuality. This construction reinforces the notion that sex and sexuality remain, to some extent, largely men's domains (Jackson, 1984). In various ways, then, the magazines ultimately worked to reinforce traditional gendered roles: men as sexual; women as relational.…”

Looking back and looking forward: Men and masculinity in psychological research on violence against women.

“…We might challenge, for example, the notion that men’s bodies are or should be bigger and stronger than women’s. Similarly, Butler’s work gives space for remapping how bodies can relate outside of the heterosexual imperative, including nonviolently and diversely (e.g., beyond a coital imperative; M. Jackson, 1984).…”